MC Frontalot heads to Portland on 7/23 for a free show with the whole band. The Doubleclicks open. Be at Dante's at 8:00PM to make sure that gladness infests your evening! This enjoyable visit occurs in support of OSCON, thanks entirely to the generous folks at OpenNMS.org. We heard a rumor that a brand new MCF song about free software is scheduled to debut during the performance.

Front thanks everyone who came to see the recent Ann Arbor and Indianapolis shows. AA's Top Of The Park and Indy's Circle City Con deserve everyone's enduring support.

Did you catch Front on Mike Eagle's 'Secret Skin' podcast? That's here. How about dancin' around the backgrounds in Mike's new video for 'Ziggy Starfish?' Check it out.

What are the Frontal allies up to? Let's see... Our MC's bassist Bl4k Lotus invented a battle card game about bacteria! Get in on the ground floor with the game's kickstarter. Negin Farsad (director of Nerdcore Rising: The Movie) has finished her first romantic comedy, '3rd Street Blackout.' Front was meant to have a cameo, but found himself detained out of town. The film is undoubtedly improved by featuring Hodgman in the role instead. Lev Grossman's 'The Magicians' is headed to televisions... perhaps your televisions. Wheatus and Mike Doughty tour together in the fall, all around the UK. John Roderick is running for Seattle City Council.

South by Southwest! The whole band's in Austin for sunshine, frivolity, etc. Also for performances!

MONDAY: Front and his gentleman companions are the 'surprise' headliner at Nerd Carnival. It's free and thrilling. And UX front-end folks with skillz in Ember.JS and Angular.JS will probably leave the venue with an insanely fancy job offer from the party's hosts.

TUESDAY: The official SXSW showcase is at Flamingo Cantina on 6th. Any festival badge gets you in (including film and interactive) and in past years there have also been tix avail at the door. Come find out.

The lastthreevideos came out pretty great, too. Have a viewing party, why dontcha?

Front's headed back to the stage: SCaLE in Los Angeles 2/21, PAX in Boston 3/7, The Middle East in Cambridge 3/9 (with Freezepop!), and several shows at SXSW in Austin from 3/15-3/23. The gig calendar serves up details, pipin' hot.

Nerdcore Rising: The Movie

Nerdcore Rising follows MC Frontalot the "Godfather of Nerdcore" on his first national tour to reveal the roots of the genre, the dorky complexities of its artists, and one MC's fight for nerd stardom.

"Never has a little boy sat so alone at his computer and busted out such in- conceivably thick rhymes. MC Frontalot has tapped the zeitgeist. It is with good reason that he is so very famous and rich."